Learning Expeditions with Arizona State Museum

Learning Expeditions with Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210026
Tucson, AZ 85721-0026

520-621-6302

Travel with us for edu-taining adventures like no other! Educated travelers relish having the scholarly expertise, field experience, and personal knowledge of Arizona State Museum archaeologists and historians at their disposal.

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Painting Mata Ortiz pottery

June 25–28, 2009
Mata Ortiz & Paquime Learning Expedition
Meet famed potters and buy ceramics directly from them, enjoy ceramic-making demonstrations, explore cliff dwellings of the Sierra Madres, tour the Museo de las Culturas del Norte, visit early terraced hillside villages, shop local galleries. $875, $800 for ASM members

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Climbing the ladder to Balcony House at Mesa VerdeSeptember 26–October 3, 2009 (almost full)
Four Corners Learning Expedition!
This popular trip fills quickly every year! Explore the rich cultural histories of the Four Corners region! Highlights include the Hopi Mesas, Canyon de Chelly, Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and a float down the San Juan River past spectacular rock art and cliff dwellings. $1,550, $1,450 for ASM members

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Patrick Lyons giving a tour of the Davis Ranch SiteOctober 26–30, 2009
Unlocking the Secrets of the Salado Learning Expedition
Since the 1920s archaeologists have grappled with ways to explain the dramatic changes that rippled across central and southern Arizona during the A.D. 1200s and 1300s. Explanations have focused on migration, economic alliances, and cults. Join ASM archaeologist Patrick Lyons on guided tours of the sites at the center of this controversy, many of which cannot be visited without special permission. Your learning expedition will also include behind-the-scenes tours of the ASM collections originally used to define the Salado phenomenon and those of the Amerind Foundation Museum and the Jack and Vera Mills Collection at Eastern Arizona College. $600, $550 ASM members

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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Southern Arizona's Ranching Heritage Learning Expedition, hosted by Arizona State Museum's Office of Ethnohistorical Research
Travel with ASM ethnohistorians Diana Hadley, Michael Brescia, and Dale Brenneman and guest scholar, restoration ecologist Conor Flynn, for a day-long exploration of southern Arizona's ranching heritage. Visit four historic sites (Empire Ranch, Babocómari Ranch, Audubon-Whittell Research Ranch, WildEarth Guardians' State Land Restoration Project) and learn about the history of cattle ranching in southern Arizona, current efforts to preserve our ranching heritage, and the implementation of new methods to maintain/restore healthy ecological function to grasslands and watersheds. $150, $120 ASM members

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June 3–13, 2010
TulaTUCSON, TULA & TLAXCALA: 4,000 Years of Cultural Interaction
Discover the roots of American Southwest cultures by exploring and comparing those of central Mexico from the Precolumbian to the present day. With museum archaeologists and historians, you will trace 2,000 miles and 4,000 years of mutually enriching contact, interaction and exchange. Based in Mexico City, your ten-day adventure features expertly guided exploration of the cities of Puebla and Tlaxcala; major archaeological sites such as Teotihuacan and Tula; cathedrals, open-air markets, palaces, monasteries, and museums—all emphasizing the connections between central Mexico and the American Southwest. Experience and enjoy all the wonderful cultural, artistic, and culinary traditions that tie the regions and people together.

Experience a trip with ASM through the eyes of a participant
Video of 2008 Tucson, Tula & Tlaxcala Learning Expedition